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harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william mckinley elected president in 1986. so a whole bunch of ohioans. james garfield, he was a short-lived president because he was assassinated in office, but you have a set of presidents who came during this period after the civil war all the way up into the 1920's and then it sort of stops and they were pulling presidents from other parts of the country afterwards. they tend to be more moderate for one thing. they don't tend to be of ideologues. that's still true for the statewide politicians there's a tendency for them to be more pragmatic and less ideological than politicians in the south. these days may be from california and may be from other states. if you are trying to compete in a general election it hopes to appeal to the voters that or swing states in ohio for the years and going back and the
harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william mckinley elected president in 1986. so a whole bunch of ohioans. james garfield, he was a short-lived president because he was assassinated in office, but you have a set of presidents who came during this period after the civil war all the way up into the 1920's and then it sort of stops and they were pulling presidents from other parts of the country afterwards. they tend to be more moderate for one thing. they don't tend to be of...
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so the connection to columbus was the idea that there was perhaps some way columbus knew about the vikings sailed here. there was a map that was proved 0 to be a fraud that was something columbus had. so there is no evidence that columbus knew about the vikings or their root to north america, and he certainly came entirely different way. certainly didn't follow the vikings' course. brendan and the sailing the irish -- much more in the realm of legend. there is no evidence to justify that. it really does sit more in the realm of the old wife's tale. >> host: kenneth, in your most recent, don't know much about american presidents, 600 pages or so you give grades to each of the presidents. are those your assessments? >> guest: they are my assessments after what i did was study the views of presidents by historians and academics from the very first one back in he 1960s, up until very recently with such things that's wall street journal and c-span is very excellent surveys of presidential schorl -- scholars. so i tried to map how the presidents had been viewed throughout history. bring to bear
so the connection to columbus was the idea that there was perhaps some way columbus knew about the vikings sailed here. there was a map that was proved 0 to be a fraud that was something columbus had. so there is no evidence that columbus knew about the vikings or their root to north america, and he certainly came entirely different way. certainly didn't follow the vikings' course. brendan and the sailing the irish -- much more in the realm of legend. there is no evidence to justify that. it...
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columbus thought, that's unusual. columbus then goes on to write that this gate made me realize that the water is coming from a very high place and i began to think that the world is not spherical, the pear-shaped. i stopped right there and i said, wait a minute, they told us that columbus proved the world is round and here he is in his own words say in the is pear-shaped, he then goes onto say, this high point on the earth, where the water comes down is like a woman's, highest and closest to heaven. they didn't tell me that in seventh grade. i'm sure i would've taken notes. but perhaps when you read history or geography and you get it in the sense of the people who've lived through it and this is one of the thing i do in my book is to include these historic voices, american voices, voices of geography, races of the president. it becomes alive, human can a meaningful. it's not just that long list of speeches. indeed, columbus started an era of discovery and exploration that transformed the whole world. it's difficult
columbus thought, that's unusual. columbus then goes on to write that this gate made me realize that the water is coming from a very high place and i began to think that the world is not spherical, the pear-shaped. i stopped right there and i said, wait a minute, they told us that columbus proved the world is round and here he is in his own words say in the is pear-shaped, he then goes onto say, this high point on the earth, where the water comes down is like a woman's, highest and closest to...
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. >> i have been astounded, for a piece of history that we know so much about, columbus kept rumors journals and boxes of letters and took four trips to the americas and then starting with the second trip there were lots of official scribes and army officials in and all kinds of people doing writing, missionaries. we know what happened. 30,000 people had their hands chopped off. with than 30 years 2 million inhabitants of hispaniola by spanish estimates have been killed. it's part of human nature. no human thing wants to be judged by their darkest day. no nation wants to be judged by their darkest day but when nations have dark days, we have to acknowledge that. >> the head of the consumer financial protection bureau said today that a 20% requirement will not be part of of the heroes -- he said the bureau that bureau will also be considering new credit cards and he said that the bureau has issued more than 72,000 consumer complaints. most of them about credit cards student loans and -- >> and i am delighted we can have this chance to hear from richard cordray the director of the consumer fin
. >> i have been astounded, for a piece of history that we know so much about, columbus kept rumors journals and boxes of letters and took four trips to the americas and then starting with the second trip there were lots of official scribes and army officials in and all kinds of people doing writing, missionaries. we know what happened. 30,000 people had their hands chopped off. with than 30 years 2 million inhabitants of hispaniola by spanish estimates have been killed. it's part of...
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asia, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span3, 20 oh columbus city bombing memorial with codesigner. plus a look at african-american life in 1920s oklahoma, and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oakland history center. once a month see spence local content vehicles explore the life of cities across america. this weekend from oklahoma city on c-span2 in three. >> over the next few days, c-span's "washington journal" is live in north carolina ahead of the state republican primary on tuesday. >> earlier this year, the house homeland security committee look at the security of chemical facilities. the hearing came after the release of an international memo from the homeland security department detailing problems with the office that regulates chemical security. homeland security undersecretary an official with the dow chemical both said u.s. chemical facilities are safe. >> well, mr. meehan is here, and that makes two of us, and with the approval of minority that we can start with the two on our site, we shall start. the committee on homeland security subcommi
asia, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span3, 20 oh columbus city bombing memorial with codesigner. plus a look at african-american life in 1920s oklahoma, and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oakland history center. once a month see spence local content vehicles explore the life of cities across america. this weekend from oklahoma city on c-span2 in three. >> over the next few days, c-span's "washington journal" is live in north carolina...
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i've seen this at work in columbus, at the wonderful medical device plans near warsaw, caterpillar in lafayette. each of the situation, these are companies hiring people, and fortunately they have the foresight to be able to train people on the job as well as work with ivy tech back at the laboratories and in the classroom. this is absolutely critical in terms of actually getting people into the jobs and getting the job done. and fundamentally our entire educational system in indiana is the heart of the matter, getting students prepared now in math and english and science, so-called stem courses. these are the things that will make the big difference in our competitive abilities of hoosier business. >> mr. mourdock. >> without a doubt the most important thing we can do to start the economy rolling again is to roll back the size of government. senator lugar has admitted that this regulatory environment is out of control and it absolutely is. we have to do several things as a nation. we have to do them in a record number one we have to reduce the immoral level of debt we are caring in t
i've seen this at work in columbus, at the wonderful medical device plans near warsaw, caterpillar in lafayette. each of the situation, these are companies hiring people, and fortunately they have the foresight to be able to train people on the job as well as work with ivy tech back at the laboratories and in the classroom. this is absolutely critical in terms of actually getting people into the jobs and getting the job done. and fundamentally our entire educational system in indiana is the...